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| This was the surprise anime of the season for me and I really enjoyed it. Also hoping for a second season ... |
| I liked this episode, but overall the show had some really bad pacing issues. Some parts that could of been done better were rushed, and some parts that were not really needed was stretched out really long. The dialogue was extremely lacking. They always brought in new plot devices without an good explanation and becomes unused until later on. The development between the two main characters was poorly done. This episode wasn't bad, but could of been a lot better than it was. -Masumi leaving without a struggle was unbelievable. -I wanted to know more about the Goddess/Izumiko and her past. -Sagara's father and his relation to Izumiko. -Sagara's struggle to find Izumiko had little to no impact since it was so rushed. -If this episode was done over two episodes, the ending would be a lot more powerful and Sagara's struggle would(or may) have felt believable. This could of been a good series because I actually liked the characters a lot, but a lot of things felt unnecessary due to lack of explanation and expanding on them to relate to the actual plot. Also, hardly anything was resolved throughout the series. I gave this a 7/10 only because I liked the idea and the characters. I think that's pretty generous for me to give it that score. Oh, and the scene after the credits prevented me from giving this a 6. |
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| I can't believe it's over. I loved this series. The ending was great. A kiss at the end would have been excellent, however his actions expressed his feeling far more than his lips would have. |
| "What color do you want to be?" -Shiina Mashiro |
| Aw, such sweet moments when Miyuki and Izumiko reunited and talked. That hug scene melted me. However, the ending left me wanting for more. Overall this is good. I like the character designs, Miyuki's VA, great sceneries, and lovely music. I like anime with more elements in it such as the conflicting issue on the goddess and the battle for the world heritage and not just about romance. I must admit that the subtle romantic development did inch up my interest in this show. I especially like bickering love of that sort. ^_^ But, it seems this show suffered from bad screenplay/script and execution, like many people have already pointed out. I felt this anime has the potential to be better than what was presented in the 12 episodes. Probably it also needs more creativity in the storyboard and edits back onto the script. There were some parts that I thought they might have been good if they animated such scenes. But then again, I guess it must be the budget and faithfulness to the novel that withheld the needed execution. |
LieilaJun 8, 2013 8:39 AM
| Loved it. This is possibly my favorite scene:  (I didn't seem to have trouble following the story, even though I've never read the source material, but maybe I'm just odd that way) |
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Takuan_Soho said: I didn't see it as Misaki rushing to her rescue. He knew she was there because she choose to be there and he understood why she ended up there. He didn't want her to make that choice and by making it to her side showed her that there was a different path she could take.I am also very tired of the "boy rushing to the rescue of the girl" trope. IMO, Izumiko should have found her meaning entirely by herself. |
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Mich666 said: One hopes so as well for your sake. One would not want you to be forced to watch something you hated ;)I am really glad this is over now and I hope there would be no sequel to this. |
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| izumiko so cute <3 thought this series was good. enjoyed watching her go from reserved shy girl to her opening up little by little to other people. really hope theres more to this since the ending left me wanting more |
Dont bother replying to my posts in forums, dont check them afterwards. |
| This series was really disappointing. I wouldn't say this episode was bad per se, because I thought it did the best it could to try and resolve everything...but it just couldn't. There was way too much going on with this series and not enough time to properly resolve everything. All-in-all, this series is just...average. It COULD have been really good, but P.A. Works got overly ambitious with this series and didn't make it long enough to resolve the plot and sub-plots. The characters were poorly developed and it didn't have a smooth-flowing narrative. It sucks, because I really wanted to like, no, love this series...but I couldn't. This is the most disappointed I've been in P.A. Works in such a long time. |
Cratex said: Mich666 said: One hopes so as well for your sake. One would not want you to be forced to watch something you hated ;)I am really glad this is over now and I hope there would be no sequel to this. I can never understand people who complains about watching an anime that they hate. You don't like it drop it! Well maybe people like that are masochist or something. Well I do like the type of soothing anime, I wish they did make it for people who didn't read the source material, because it was kinda hard to follow. |
| Good episode. Good series overall. I hope they make another season. |
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| This was the perfect ending, and the anime was overall well paced. (Well for the most part, at least) The romance was well developed as well. ;___; Ughhh it makes me so sad that this is already over, I absolutely loved it. Definitely one of the best spring anime. 9/10, this will make my favourites. |
| A lot of unanswered questions, nothing new there for an anime. I agree with what KingCez said, her growth was probably the best part of the series for me. 6.5/10 |
| I didn't know that this show would be nice .. hmmm, the only episode that I like in this series is starting from episode 6 until the end.. Still, I like Masumi. I like the ending. Hmmm, I want to see more of this series because of the ending. LOL :D |
| THE FEELS~ ; A ; Loved the zombie action, very pleasing. :D Miyuki was epic. xD No kiss or anything, BUT, it was still very sweet~ :3      ♥♥♥ |
"Wait for the signal, and I'll meet you after dark" |
| Miyuki is so cool :3 And that moment! There was no kiss like in the OP, but they had a moment and a hug so it's still good for me. I still like Masumi though. His love wasn't the real thing, but I like him. He's a good character. I'm not really getting Mayura's sibling obsession though. I liked the last two episodes. They were dramatic and when they showed that clip of Izumiko at the beginning, I really thought about their character development. She got stronger and Miyuki got kinder. Their connection got stronger and Izumiko was able to achieve even a little bit of normality. That being said, I would give the last two episodes a way higher rating than the earlier episodes. So maybe...7/10 overall? It had it's good and bad points. But I enjoyed it overall. |
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| No kiss? I am disappoint. Takayanagi should have stayed a dog...was more likeable that way. Then there would be an excuse to neuter him too. I wonder who that guy on the phone was, talking about Mayura being a World Heritage candidate? Now I feel like it's unfinished unless this gets a continuation in the form of an ova, movie, or second season. |
| This had a simi good start, then i kept changing what it wanted to be then it want all to hell and i got lost 5 episode in. 4/10 |
| T______T That confessional scene between Miyuki and Izumiko. Hope for a season 2 or an OVA |
| Apparently this show is 25 episodes long? I dunno. |
| not a very good end -.- 6/10 cute sagara x izumiko end 7/10 |
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| not as good as i expected their romance are enjoyable and ...i still don't know what's going on 6/10 |
| So did they explain why people are fighting to be the top student? Also can someone clear my doubt. When Izumiko said that she's the goddess, does, it mean that the goddess is her future self or does it mean that because the goddess possessed her so she is the goddess. Argh! so many questions and the final episode doesnt help a bit at all. CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN THE WHOLE PLOT OF THIS SHOW TO ME? IT SEEMS I DIDNT GET A LOT OF STUFF. Was expecting much more from this because of the start but am really disappointed now. 5/10 |
ArcanaTraceJun 8, 2013 10:43 PM
| Hoping for a sequel or probably an OVA.. seems like the ending is not enough. but anyway, it was still good. |
Ajunky said: Mich666 said: Because if there is you will have to watch it?I am really glad this is over now and I hope there would be no sequel to this. Man, sucks to be you. No, because such lackluster work from P. A. and inconsistent story doesn't deserve any sequel. MaxCrazy7 said: Cratex said: Mich666 said: One hopes so as well for your sake. One would not want you to be forced to watch something you hated ;)I am really glad this is over now and I hope there would be no sequel to this. I can never understand people who complains about watching an anime that they hate. You don't like it drop it! Well maybe people like that are masochist or something. You know, there is a saying that when you experience bad things you will learn to enjoy those good ones. And RDG gave me such experience. At first this anime felt promising, so I watched few episodes. "This could be a hidden gem I was looking for," I thought first (and I really enjoy those calm stories, you know). But sadly, it wasn't. What seemed to be a story about girl who has some mysterious powers and can mess electronics pretty hard turned into... well, now I don't even know what main theme of this anime was. Then there was this horrible rural horse arc and at that time I almost droped it. It is bad when you have to read synopsis and several explaining posts from readers of light novel only to know what the hell happened. But people were saying it would get better after that. So I watched further. And they were right, episode 9 was pretty good and my hopes went high again. They finally hit the nail and found the right way to tell the story", I thought. Well, you understand that at that point, after investing my time into 9 episodes, I simply had to complete this. But every consequent episode was only disappointment for me. As it stands, RDG is anime made only for Japanese. Because without some cultural backround knowledge you are doomed to never understand it. It targets very niche segment of viewers. And being that - even Japanese fails to understand it. Sales for this are almost nonexistent. In few years noone will ever rembember what RDG was. And as a rating goes - I do not compromise. Because, you know, there are many better titles, even in this genre. That's the fact (and if you don't think that, you are simply watching wrong titles). 5 is something that is neither bad nor good. As such, many 6s or 7s here should be 5s instead. For me, I have to go through story inconsistences, meet too many characters without detailed background (and with unmemorable and similiar names), watch many illogical choices made by main characters (and even more illogical reactions of their adversaries), suffer through badly written dialogues (many of those would one such girl or boy never said IRL) and overlook horrible story planning (f.e. when episode ends with cliffhanger and next one start calmly like nothing was happened before you don't have to be smart-thinker to realize something is wrong). There were many scenes where characters appeared and went away only for the sake of that very scene (because author needed them in that time on that place for something to happen). Many things were left unexplained (Izumiko's mother, Sagara's father, goddess fate) and many were left opened without conclusion. I know this is the story when viewer has to guess some details by himself but we were left no solid ground for such guessing - it's one big mess that simply doesn't hold together. There were some good scenes, that's true. But they were too few to outweight those bad ones. Red Data Girl anime had some potential, yes. But in the end this potential was wasted. But it's no big deal because there are other and better titles. |
Mich666Jun 9, 2013 1:55 AM
Mich666 said: I think it generally makes sense. LITERALLY NOTHING made sense? Are you watching some absurdist surreal drama instead of RDG? If you make such a harsh comment, you need to back it up why "LITERALLY NOTHING made sense"There was no sense of continuity, things "just happened" on behalf of no logic. Literally nothing made sense in RDG! Mich666 said: Incoherence and Plot holes are words that easily thrown around for haters, but at least back it with arguments why it is incoherent and where are the plot holes. I can see there are things unexplained but that does not equal to "plot holes"There was promising start but after that we only got this incoherent, really bad story that left us with so much plot holes and unexplained things I can't even count them. But those dialogues were the worst and this anime was so badly written I almost wanted to scream sometimes. Mich666 said: I wonder who they are. But people were saying it would get better after that. Mich666 said: Where did you get the "sales are almost nonexistent" ?? Another gross exaggeration from you??Sales for this are almost nonexistent. In few years noone will ever rembember what RDG was. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
symbv said: Where did you get the "sales are almost nonexistent" ?? Another gross exaggeration from you?? Judging from actual number of pre-orders this show doesn't have many loyal fans (latest total figure is 1240 BDs+550 DVDs which is far from profitable). Worst than this are only Dansai Bunri, Aiura, Leviathan, Majestic Prince and Yuyushiki. Almost every other spring anime has better numbers. Just for the record - Shingeki no Kyojin is leading with total 24806 BDs + 8895 DVDs pre-orders, followed by Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S and Susei no Gargantia. |
| Nice episode. I think the goddess and Izumiko became one then? It's a good series, even though the series is a bit confusing and didn't explain itself well. |
Mich666 said: That does not make it "ALMOST NONEXISTENT", right?? Yuyushiki sold almost 2.5k BD/DVD and if RDG is going to do better than Yuyushiki, how did you get "sales are almost nonexistent"???symbv said: Where did you get the "sales are almost nonexistent" ?? Another gross exaggeration from you?? Judging from actual number of pre-orders this show doesn't have many loyal fans (latest total figure is 1240 BDs+550 DVDs which is far from profitable). Worst than this are only Dansai Bunri, Aiura, Leviathan, Majestic Prince and Yuyushiki. Almost every other spring anime has better numbers. Just for the record - Shingeki no Kyojin is leading with total 24806 BDs + 8895 DVDs pre-orders, followed by Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S and Susei no Gargantia. If you want people to take your criticism seriously as proper criticism, please don't make gross exaggeration and absolute language like "nonexistent" or "literally none". Those language are suited for blind ranting which I think is not what you are aiming at. Also, you are incorrect to say "actual number of preorders" because there is no such data. If the number you quoted here came from the Amazon Stalker, then that is just estimation made by the fan-made Stalker program (which has no connection with Amazon itself). BTW, for the ranking of the Stalker estimate for sales of v1 of anime in this season, I write about it in News Board from time to time. Anyone who feel interested can check: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=603363&show=100#msg22330719 |
symbvJun 9, 2013 4:52 AM
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| What a disappointing series. |
Mich666 said: Which is why I've gladly paid taxes every year for over thirty years now. Makes me appreciate how lucky I am when I find a coin laying on the ground.You know, there is a saying that when you experience bad things you will learn to enjoy those good ones. |
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| The last 30 seconds was the best part of this anime. That isn't saying much though. 5/10 |
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| Hmm. i think that this anime wasn't that bad and looked forward to it every week. I have not read the novel, but I can imagine that they could have executed the story better. The two first epoisode were really bad. i was actually about to drop it. At times it was rather confusing. I personally think that the whole concept of maumi and things revolving around him was a bit weird. 6/10 (I hope for a sequel) |
| Good final episode. For me the series had a decent start but around the halfway it lost me. I feel eventually I may have to rewatch it to get a better understanding of the story. |
| Aw, that last scene was incredibly cute. The concluding episode was pleasant but not nearly good enough to be redeeming for all of the stumbles in this series. This show had some scenes and moments that were amazing to watch, but everything felt so incredibly incoherent and disjointed sometimes that those flashes of brilliance went to waste. It was like a whole smorgasbord of ideas were thrown out in the open throughout the series, but a lot of them were abandoned or truncated. I adored the initial setup, concept, and Shinto elements, but it's unfortunate that the execution made it fall flat. Plus, something that really bothered me throughout the series was the ambiguity of some of the characters' goals and how some character swung around inconsistently. I definitely don't think this series was bad, but it was just disappointing and a massive waste of potential. I started out eagerly awaiting episodes but quickly became unenthusiastic about methodically watching it every week, though I never really considered dropping it. Anyways, so I was teetering between a 5/10 and a 6/10, but I'm going with a 6 because I still adore the general concept, despite the poor execution. |
| I'm glad I picked this one up. I think it accomplished what it set out to, even though some of the character relationships were understandably rushed. There was just too much story material, concept development, and interaction between different characters to fit in 12 episodes. What I enjoyed the most would be the interesting concepts the story delved into, my favorite being the structure within the triplets' relationship, Mayura and Manatsu both having to perceive Masumi the same way for him to be able to stay with them in his familiar form. The resolution was a bit underwhelming for that one, probably due to the story not being over yet. The same can be said for the main story, but I still feel Suzuhara's conflict was handled well. Especially with how her demons resurfaced in such a sudden way to remind her how complacent she'd gotten that she allowed herself to begin losing control and awakening to the goddess. I expected some good development from her after episode one, and considering how terribly meek she was then, I'm impressed with her 'coming of age' as symbv said. And just because Miyuki came for her at the end, that doesn't mean all of her development came from him. It's important that he was a strong form of support for her all along. That helped her really develop the resolve to be normal, but that was what she wanted all along. She did her part by learning and trying to fit in and normalize herself, her problem was she just hadn't learned how to be normal without growing complacent, which leads back to her needing him(I think she should have admitted that much to him though) His seriousness and sense of urgency to her situation was the balance she needed to be normal and still keep a low profile to keep the goddess under wraps. Of course I'd really like to see how the whole thing with the goddess plays out, so hopeful we get some form of adaptation of Vol.7 Overall a very solid 7/10 |
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| This was an alright episode. Lol at Takayanagi being a dog! (So, the OP did some foreshadowing.) The fight scenes were pretty cool. But it sucks how Masumi (the villain, sort of) just gave up. Aw, that hug was sweet. As well as that entire scene. And also last scene. It isn't the ending I expected, but it's still an alright ending. But for some reason, I feel empty inside. |
I’m always searching for something, for someone. This feeling has possessed me I think, from that day… That day when the stars came falling. |
| Okay.. Can somebody explain why is it titled as Red Data Girl??? |
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shiizumi said: I think it is explained in every episode when the OP starts to play. Perhaps you always skip OP when you watch anime?Okay.. Can somebody explain why is it titled as Red Data Girl??? |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Not sure what to feel about this anime. -_- On one hand every week interesting enough to make me watch all the way through the finale, and me being very picky that is saying much. On another, I'm not any smarter after watching the entire thing. I guess I watched for the Izumiko x Miyuki romance, and though it wasn't satisfying or even believable it was there at the end. The visuals, colors, and music are great anyway. |
| I think the 'second season' is out of the question. They only have just one volume of the novel left to be covered and that's too short to create a whole season out of it. So, I would say some extra episodes in the form of OVAs are more likely. 4kicks said: I wonder who that guy on the phone was, talking about Mayura being a World Heritage candidate? You forgot Murakami Hodaka, the shadow student council president? He first appeared in ep 5 in which he's got longer hair (a wig) and no glasses, remember now? And Mayura is not chosen as a top student/the World Heritage Candidate. Hodaka is referring to Izumiko not Mayura. Keep in mind that the title of this episode (ep 12) is 'Girl of World Heritage'. It doesn't make sense if the title's referring to Mayura where she's got only a minor role in this episode. Furthermore, Mayura already gave up aiming to be a top student as is shown in the episode when she's talking with Manatsu and when she saw Izumiko's dance. ArcanaTrace said: So did they explain why people are fighting to be the top student? To gain the World Heritage status. This is why Takayanagi tried to be at the top/best in every possible ways. I think the anime already gave you this information ^^; ArcanaTrace said: When Izumiko said that she's the goddess, does, it mean that the goddess is her future self or does it mean that because the goddess possessed her so she is the goddess. In this episode, Izumiko's not possessed by Himegami (and she won't be possessed anymore 'til the end of the novel). Instead she acquires the power of Himegami. ArcanaTrace said: CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN THE WHOLE PLOT OF THIS SHOW TO ME? IT SEEMS I DIDNT GET A LOT OF STUFF. This is too much to type. I suggest you better rewatch the whole series or read through the reviews of this anime in this forums or other websites to get the idea of what it is about :) Mich666 said: Then there was this horrible rural horse arc and at that time I almost droped it. I saw people complaining so much about the Togakushi arc. Let me assure you one thing: There is no filler in this anime series. The anime version already cut LOTS of details from the novels. All you had seen in the anime version are the real highlights of each volume which contain information that is important to the plot. What if they skipped Togakushi arc? Do you think this story still makes sense to you? Think about things that you discoverred from watching that arc: people in this school are completing for the World Heritage status, Manatsu's heart condition that might probably causing him die young, Mayura's attempt to get the World Heritage status for the sake of his (sick) brother, Masumi (shinrei)'s true identity, Wamiya's cooperation with Miyuki and etc... If you think RDG anime is slow-paced, its novel version is even worse 'coz it's contains more details and conversations. Lieila said: I guess it must be the budget and faithfulness to the novel that withheld the needed execution. Yeah. Perhaps this explains why the anime script is not good enough: Faithfulness to the novel. Actually, I don't mind if they put some 'creativities' into the anime but to what extent should they add them into...? |
| 3/5 I was already resigned to a final like that and my predictions have not been denied, too bad! I hope we can have a second season, because little has been said, although some merits have been most evident during the series. Met in the middle! |
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| Meh, this show kind of lost me halfways through. 5/10 |
| It could have been executed a lot better and it wasted a lot of potential for a strong story. But it's still a 6+/10. I'm not sure if it's a 7 at the moment but I'll keep it there right now. Miyuki and Izumiko definitely get a spot in my top 20 OTP list. They are absolutely adorable and I wish to see more of them in the OVA. (hopefully if there is one!) What I expected out of this show...I expected more technology being broken by Izumiko. Like episode 1 material. That stuff was cool. More trips like episode 2. More cute moments between Izumiko and Miyuki. Less confusing. But overall, I don't regret watching this. EDIT - Final score 6/10. It was not much better than Hyouka but wasn't better than Tari Tari so it's a 7 for me. |
MayukaJun 10, 2013 9:29 AM
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